For what it’s worth while I think it’s daft for the strike to take place (it’ll damage the entire company in the long run), it seems clear a deal exists that the staff would accept, yet BA are with-holding it so they can take on the union.

In essence it’s a game of chicken between the unions and BA/Willie Whitelaw or whatever his name is. The thing is the company itself will lose whatever the outcome.

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Alex, you say a deal exists, but BA are withholding it. This, I take it, is based on the request that Unite have made that BA put back on the table a proposal that they had offered last week. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but Unite rejected that offer, and chose to go ahead with the strike action. So, the offer was no good last week, but now it’s suddenly okay? That to me is just grandstanding by the union. If it was good enough to put to the staff by the union last week, why wasn’t it?